Candida produces gliotoxin

Now that my urine test has proven i'm full of mycotoxins (in particular gliotoxin) I wanted to share one thing I've learned. There are 2 ways one can test positive for one particular type of mycotoxin called gliotoxin. It's either coming from the air you breathe that has mold spores in it, in particular the mold aspergillus OR it's coming from candida. Mycotoxins can only be cleared from your system via some type of binding agent. Different mycotoxins require different binding agents to remove from your gastrointestinal tract.

This means that anyone fighting a candida issue is going to have gliotoxins in your system which could cause new symptoms and/or exacerbate existing symptoms from lyme and co-infections. It's important to work into your regimen a binder that can help detox not only the toxins from the bugs but also from the mycotoxins that are byproducts of Candida.

Hi,

My doctor prescribes cholestyramine to bind mycotoxins.

sure astroman. any doctor can order the kit. it was $699 for the full test.

www.realtimelab.com/environmental-inspectors/mycotoxin-testing/

Ahhh.......I'm not up on my mold vocabulary.

I've heard of the Real Time "Mold test". I guess the mycotoxin test is the same........? Looks like it from the site.

Rikky-

I just received equivocal test results for Gliotoxins. All my dr said to do was saunas with glutathione. I just read your posting that it could be related to Candida. What are you doing to remove your toxins?

I already had my house tested and it was negative for mold.

Thank you!!

Hey Evanston thanks for reminding me about a post I did 18 months ago!

I did try Alli for a while then my LLMD at the time put me on Welchol. It's also a good binder but the top one is Cholestyramine.

There's so much controversy around whether these toxin tests are telling you anything useful. My LLMD said if you have positive levels of say gliotoxin in your urine your body is either doing a good job of clearing them or not cause they're in the urine and measurable to begin with.

I think for most this is a rabbit hole not worth exploring unless you're known to be sensitive to or have C-Diff, candida problems or something in that area.

no prescription for these binders : activated charcoal, zeolite made by bio pure

not sure about the others

Found this great older post on binders from pirouette:

https://www.healingwell.com/community/default.aspx?f=30&m=3665433

Dr Neil Nathan says in his ebook that his experience bentonite clay and Saccharomyces boulardii may be the best binders for Gliotoxins.

What I found fascinating from the ebook is that different binders work better for different mycotoxins. Had never thought that before...